Drinking-fountain and show-stand



(NoModeL) O. EHRHARDT.

DRINKING FOUNTAIN AND SHOW STAND.

No. 398,591. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

llnTTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

(.I'IA'RLES EII'RI IAR'IJ'I, (ll? tl'llt AtiO, ILLINOIS.

DRINKING F'OUNTAIN AND SHOW-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,591, dated February 26, 1889. Applicati n fil d July 24, 1888. Serial No. 280,903. (No model.)

To aZZ Lu/4011? if may concern..-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES EHRHARDT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident t i l of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illi- I 1101s, have invented new and useful lmprovej ments in :I')rinl;ing-Fountains and Show- Stands, of which the following is a specificamaterial, which is secured to the sidewalk or 1 other desired place, where a suitable watersupply can be attained. In the top portion of this post is placed a cylinder which has a water-tight lower and upper head and a partition near the bottom head, with perforations j 1 screw I and consequently turn the sh0wnear its periphery to permit water to escape near the cylinder, and the partition is provided with a step to support the lower end of a shaft which extends through and above the upper head. Atfired to this shaft inside of the said cylinder is a. screw which is driven by the force of water coming from a supplypipe ei'itering the top portion of the cylinder and at its lower end connecting with a watermain.

The wai or lea v ing the cyl 1 nd er passes into a chamber holow th. partition and from i thence through a faucet for supplying drinking-water. On the said. shaft above the post. is affixed a shmv-staml, to which is attached any hills, Cards, or other advertising matter in the f usual. manner.

A represents the hollow post. which is alf tachcd to the sidewalk l; at r: c.

.D represents a metal cylimlcr, which has partition E is rigid in the cylinder D, and is provided with holes Z) Z) for the escape of water and a step, e, for the support of the shaft S. 011 this shaft is affixed a screw, I, and on the top of the head G is a stuffing-box, J, to prevent the escape of water, and to the upper portion of the shaft is affixed a show-stand, H, for the display of matter desired.

A suitable water-supply pipe, K, extends from the main into the hollow post A and from it by means of faucet L. A water-supply is furnished a trough, M, for animals to drink from, and a smaller pipe, N, taking water from pipe K, enters the upper portion of cylinder D and supplies water for turning the screw 1 and for drinking purposes through the faucet P. Below the latter faucet is the ordinary basin, R, and waste-pipe Q. The faucet L only takes a portion of the water from pipe K, whereby when open there is a supply of water for pipe N. From this it will be seen that when the faucet P is open the pressure of water in cylinder D will turn the stand H.

I intend to supply cities and villages wit-h the devices shown, and that people shall be directed to the fountain by the rotation of the stands on the tops of the same.

I do not claim that there is a legitimate combination between a show-Stan d and drinking-fountain irrespective of construction.

-.lherel.'ore, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hollow post A, the cylinderD G F, partition E, the post S, extending into and above the cylinder, the screw I within the cylinder and on the post S, and the show-stand H on the post above the cylinder, in combination with the water-supply pipes K N and faucet I, substantially as specified.

CHARLES EHRHARDT.

\Yitnesses:

G. L. CHAPIN, G. A. BARNES, Jr. 

